Thanks, Deb. Yes, Mary Ann is the person I dealt with before......it was a couple of years ago if memory serves me right. Dad used to mention the docotr's name too, I think it was Coburn or Colburn and this doctor would surely have reported the birth if he was a efficient as Dad always said. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Gizzi" <gizzi1213@optonline.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) > Ossining has a combined office of Village and Town Clerk. The current > clerk is Mary Ann Roberts. > > Website information can be found here: > > http://www.villageofossining.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=24&TPID=3484 > > If this is who you dealt with previously, and I'm assuming it is, you > may need to check with her to see if she's already checked the village > records as well as the town records. > > quillpen1 wrote: >> Thanks so much, Jean Ann. >> >> I never thought to check with the Village, and the Town Clerk didn't >> tell >> me......probably because she didn't know either. She was certainly >> helpful >> otherwise. >> >> I assume that Dad was born at home because I remember him talking about >> being so small because of prematuriy that he was put in a box on the open >> oven door.....wood stove in those days. >> >> I'll email the Village if I can find a website. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jean Ann Lupinetti" <jeanann@bestweb.net> >> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:04 PM >> Subject: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) >> >> >> >>> Maureen, >>> I know when I was looking for birth and death certificates (several >>> years >>> ago) I had to check with BOTH the Town of Ossining AND the Village of >>> Ossining. >>> I grew up on Croton Dam Road, Ossining. I went to Ossining schools and >>> the address was Ossining but I actually lived in the Town of New Castle. >>> Jean Ann >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of quillpen1 >>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:18 PM >>> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851; birth before 1900 >>> >>> Nancy, >>> >>> I had no problem with my mother's birth certificate in NJ although I had >>> help from another lister who lives down there. >>> >>> However when I tried to get Dad's who was born in 1889 in Ossining, it >>> could not be found. I wasn't charged but I was disappointed. I also want >>> to >>> point out that at the time of Dad's birth the family lived on Croton Dam >>> Rd >>> which to my knowledge was Town of Ossining although Dad always referred >>> to >>> where he grew up as Mt Pleasant. >>> >>> All comments appreciated. >>> >>> Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Nancy Davis" <ndavis1@san.rr.com> >>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:10 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851; birth before 1900 >>> >>> >>> >>>> If this helps someone, I have both my parents' birth certificates >>>> obtained >>>> from the towns in which they were born. Printed on my mother's Birth >>>> Return, For Gen. Research Only, and Note: Birth Returns and all ___ >>>> are >>>> to >>>> be procured of Town and Village Clerks and Boards of Health, for the >>>> Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths. She was b/1893 Peekskill. >>>> >>>> My father's (b/1889) was obtained from either the clerk in Eastchester >>>> or >>>> Mt. Vernon -I don't remember which at this late date. However, >>>> consists >>>> of >>>> a copy of pages from a large ledger: Register of Births in the Village >>>> of >>>> Mt Vernon, Town of Eastchester.County of Westchester, State of NY. >>>> Interestingly, someone pulled Book 1 Pg 69 out and annotated his death >>>> (11/4/51) but only the date of birth as 1889. At any rate, I'd try the >>>> city >>>> clerks in the town in which the person was born or died. And yes, >>>> they >>>> were all born at home >>>> >>>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:14 AM >>>> Subject: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> School districts in the state were required to collect vital records >>>>> starting in 1847. The law was not in effect very long. I know some >>>>> districts collected the records until 1851, but for other districts >>>>> the >>>>> records that still exist stop in 1848 or 1849. Many city, village and >>>>> town clerks do not know about these records. >>>>> >>>>> During the Great Depression in this country, the locations of old >>>>> records in each county around New York State were recorded. Some >>>>> counties still had the 1847 vital records. For the city of Albany, >>>>> the >>>>> City Clerk had them. Today, however, that office does not know where >>>>> they are. >>>>> >>>>> In localities where those records still exist, I suspect that they >>>>> have >>>>> been turned over to a local historical society or archive. Or, they >>>>> may >>>>> be stored somplace where people seldom look. >>>>> >>>>> Some have been put on the internet. >>>>> >>>>> For Westchester County: >>>>> http://www.westchestergov.com/wcarchives/vital_records.htm >>>>> >>>>> "Town clerk returns for births, marriages and deaths for 1847 have >>>>> recently been discovered. They are currently being processed and will >>>>> be available to the public in early 2005." >>>>> >>>>> For Rensselaer County (this is one of many webpages): >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/deaths1.htm >>>>> >>>>> Cliff Lamere >>>>> >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>>> *************************************** >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message